Shalom
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Template:Wiktionary Shalom (שלום) is a Hebrew language word meaning peace. As it does in English, it can refer to either peace between two entities (like between two countries), or to inner peace, calmness or safety of one individual.
The word is often used as a shortened form of the greeting Shalom Aleichem. In this context it is translated into English as hello.
- Shalom is also common in Hebrew as a (usually male) given name or a surname.
- Notable people named Shalom include:
- Silvan Shalom (Israeli politician), and his wife Judy Shalom Nir-Mozes
- Sholom Aleichem (Yiddish author)
- Shalom Harlow (model and actress)
- Shalom Carmy (rabbi)
- Shalom Shachna (rabbi)
- Yosef Shalom Eliashiv (rabbi)
- Notable people named Shalom include:
- Shalom can be part of an organization's name.
- Shalom as part of other names, such as of synagogues, as in:
